Heavy rain on the steep slopes near Wagon Wheel Gap on Colorado Highway 149 caused four landslides which blocked traffic for several hours. One landslide was between Blue Creek Lodge and South Fork.
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Heavy rain on the steep slopes near Wagon Wheel Gap on Colorado Highway 149 caused four landslides which blocked traffic for several hours. One landslide was between Blue Creek Lodge and South Fork. Three others were between Blue Creek Lodge and Cottonwood Cove Guest Ranch. The most massive landslide deposited four to eight feet of mud and rocks on the roadway. Two vehicles were trapped between two slides, but were not in the mud or rocks.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 1:43 PM MST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 243 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND TOMORROW) CURRENTLY...ISOLD TSRA OVER MTNS. OVER PLAINS...BOUNDARY NOTED IN Q FIELD RUNNING NE-SW FROM JUST E OF KLAA TO JUST E OF KTAD. OTHERWISE...SKIES MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS THE REGION. DISCUSSION...SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EAST WELL TO THE N OF THE REGION DURING THE NEXT 24H. THIS WILL FLATTEN THE RIDGE OVER THE REGION DURING THIS TIME. RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY TRANSISTION/BUILD BACK TO THE SW CONUS BY LATE IN THE PERIOD REST OF TODAY...EXPECT BEST CHANCE OF POPS ACROSS HIER TRNN AND ALONG Q FIELD TO THE EAST. WITH LIMITED SHEAR AND CAPES AROUND 1K...TSRA SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SVR CRITERIA. FFW POTENTIAL IS ALSO LOW...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ANY STORM WHICH WOULD FORM OVER A BURN SCAR AND SIT FOR AWHILE. TONIGHT...ISOLD/SCTD TSRA OVER THE REGION WILL DECREASE DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS WITH SKIES GENERALLY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. TOMORROW...ANOTHER WEAK BOUNDARY IS FCST TO DROP SOUTH OVER THE PLAINS AND THIS COULD INITIATE A FEW TSRA BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON OVER THE PLAINS. EXPECT ISOLD TO SCTD COVERAGE OF TSRA OVER MTNS STARTING BY LATE MORNING AND LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPS SHOULD CONTINUE A BIT ABOVE AVERAGE WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S LOWER PLAINS...UPPER 80S COS REGION. /HODANISH .LONG TERM... (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) MAIN CONCERN IS POSSIBLE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY NIGHT...MODELS SIMILAR IN UPPER LEVEL FEATURES WITH GENERALLY WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING MORE WESTERLY THURSDAY AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED IN THE MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS THURSDAY. MODELS DIFFER ON SUBTLE SFC FEATURES...WITH LATEST NAM CONTINUING TO INDICATE A DEEPER LEE TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WED EVENING ALONG WITH A STRONGER NORTHERLY SURGE/FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS BEHIND PASSING WAVE ON THURSDAY. WITH BETTER TERRAIN AND MODEL RESOLUTION...HAVE TREND FORECAST MORE TOWARDS NAM THOUGH HAVE NOT BIT ON IT TOO HARD ATTM. AT ANY RATE...WITH MODELS INDICATING MOISTURE PLUME BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE ALONG WITH WEAK UPPER LIFT FROM PASSING WAVE...HAVE KEPT GENERALLY SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MTS...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH AMPLE AVAILABLE MOISTURE ALONG WITH POSSIBLE CONVERGENCE ALONG SFC TROUGH WED NIGHT. MODELS DO INDICATE MOISTURE PLUME BEING PUSHED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING IN TO REGION WITH THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...THOUGH SHOULD BE ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AGAIN...WITH POSSIBLE BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS AND DEVELOPING UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE EASTERN MTS...WILL KEEP A MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN PLACE AS WELL. FRIDAY-SUNDAY...LATEST MODELS NOW A TAD SLOWER AND FURTHER NORTH WITH NEXT PAC NW SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH MORE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE STATE KEEPING THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND EASTERN ARIZONA...HAVE CUT BACK POPS AND WARMED TEMPS A TAD ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY...KEEPING BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS ACROSS THE SW MTS. FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE SOUTHWEST SATURDAY AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS STILL INDICATING MOISTURE PLUME MOVING BACK ACROSS THE STATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS OR POSSIBLY STALLING ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH THAT SAID...BROAD BRUSH POPS SEEM TO BE THE BEST WAY TO GO...WITH BEST COVERAGE REMAINING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. MONDAY-TUESDAY...WEAK WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY WITH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE SYSTEM PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON TUESDAY. MOISTURE PLUME LOOKS TO PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION AND COOL UPSLOPE FLOW IN PLACE ACROSS THE PLAINS...BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS THE MTS AND HIGH MT VALLEYS. -MW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 34/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 634 AM MDT TUE AUG 8 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-091245- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 634 AM MDT TUE AUG 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NEARBY AREAS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM FROM THE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
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